Improvement in cotton-presses



f l NITE IMPROVEMENT EN COTTON-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 5,7741, dated March 2', 1852.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Lnwis Lnwrs, of Vicksburg, in the county of Varren and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Revolving Lever-Press, to Press Cotton, Hay, Hemp, and Tobacco; and I do hereby declare that` the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same.

The nature of my invention consists inthe following description. l

Figures l and 2 represent the frame that holds the press at its place-at top.

a a represent the gallowsposts; B, the gudgeon; C, the straining-beam; (l, the bar of iron that the cap-heads slip out on; E, the caphead; F, the following-block; gg, the pieces that the box is fastened to 5 7i h, the levers; I I, the racks, J, the spurwheel or pinion 5 K, the bed-piece; L, the shaft, m, the block that the shaft is fastened in; n., the shoulder that the press revolves on. l

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l represents a side viewrof the press. Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section through the red line w x of Fig. l, wherein the spur-wheel J and the racks I I, which are operated by it, are more distinctly seen.

The operation of the press is as follows: The power may be applied to either end of the bed-piece K, which may be removed in either direction around. The spur-wheel J is fixed upon the shaft L, and the racks, being arranged to move along the bed-piece in parallel lines between guides as they come in contact with each cog of the fixed spur-wheel, are moved along on the bed in' contrary directions,

Vand by so moving force up the hinged levers head E and straininwbeam C where it is com- I b n pressed into the proper-s1zed bales and tied or,

otherwise fastened. The racks I I have two motionsviz., a rotary motion on the plane of the bed-piece K and a reciprocating motion on the plane of the bed-piece, which is given by the stationary spur-wheel, as above described.

Fig 3 represents a detached portion of the press, in which the shaft L, spur-wheel J upon it, and one of the racks I are more clearly seen.

This press stands perpendicular, and revolves around the shaft and spur-wheel on the shoulder marked n. This press differs from other leverfpresses by its revolving around the shaft and spur-wheel, (marked J and also in which the carriages pass each other. This press can be made to work by the press being stationary and the shaft revolving, or either end up. This press is capable of pressing faster than any leverpress I know of with more ease and durability.

Vhat I claim as' my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement herein described of a vertical revolving press, with toggle-joint h h,

operated by the toothed racks I I, and fixed pinion J, substantially as herein set forth.

LEWIS LEWIS. Vitnesses:

' WM. B. SLo'AN, H. BAREFIELD. 

